MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR MASS-PRODUCTION OF GINSENOSIDE RH4

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for mass-producing Ginsenoside-Re, and more specifically, to a method for mass-producing Ginsenoside-Re in which organic acid is mixed with Ginsenoside-Re and the mixture is treated under high temperature and high pressure, to produce Ginsenoside-Rh4. Ginsenoside-Rh4 exists in a small amount, only in red ginseng and black ginseng but not in white ginseng, and the conventional means to extract Ginsenoside-Rh4 by treating a ginseng extract and a red ginseng extract is not only ineffective in isolating and purifying Ginsenoside-Rh4, due to the presence of various other ginsenosides having similar chemical structures and molecular weights, but also results in a very low yield of isolated and purified Ginsenoside-Rh4, because Ginsenoside-Rh4 is present only in a miniscule amount in such extracts. On the other hand, the present invention produces Ginsenoside-Rh4 only by using Ginsenoside-Re capable of being easily isolated from ginseng leaves. Therefore, the isolation and purification of Ginsenoside-Rh4 is easier than when using extracts, and the mass-production of the same is markedly easy. Also, since Ginsenoside-Rh4 isolated and purified by the conventional means is costly, the method for mass-producing Ginsenoside-Rh4 according to the present invention, which enables Ginsenoside-Rh4 to be produced inexpensively, can generate higher value-added.